The Official Athletics Thread

[El Guapo]

Thing is though, Guapo, the world changes, times change. The world cross country started life as a "British Isles" race and gradually grew to a true global event. Seems like it's losing some of its appeal now as the money is either on the track or the roads. Evidently lots of elites do prefer to run the Valencia 10k. Looking at the 'man-made' hill there in the CC course...... They're not necessarily doing themselves too many favours with the courses.

Yeah bottom line the incentives are way off.

it makes perfect sense from an athletes perspective like Jack O'Leary or Cormac Dalton to run a 10k standard in Valencia becuase there are so few opportunities (fast track 10s) to qualify

they would need to offer wild cards to Europe , America, Africa, Asia and Oceania to the following years world's for two 2 or 3 athletes from each region.

Maybe Olympics status for Cross would do it But this should be the Apex of the sport

 

[El Guapo]

The wide angle camera shots suck too

 

[Carmona]

Shit, thought this was tomorrow!! East African wipe out in men's u20. Our boy doing well though!

 

[Carmona]

Oh dear, Harris faded massively. Did he dnf?
EDIT: Think I saw him finish roughly 26/28th

 

[El Guapo]

He Died a death in on the last lap. Whatever happend him. He mustve fallen or something

 

[El Guapo]

Oh dear, Harris faded massively. Did he dnf?

Finished alright was gawking just afte the line but dropped at least 20 spots in the last lap whatever happened

 

[El Guapo]

Wimens race to so uncompetitive

Stretched out from 500m

Niamh Allen going well in 30th

 

[Carmona]

The leader! Has she got an internal motor?!?

 

[Carmona]

Allen and Everard very respectable races. Young Spanish one in 14th or 15th had been with Niamh Allen early on. Impressive.

 

[Carmona]

21st and 23rd! Great stuff.